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Death investigations & reports

Warning: Reports may contain extremely graphic information which readers may find distressing.

This page contains details of death investigations that are currently in progress as well as final reports. The PPO is only able to publish final reports after sharing them with the family of the deceased person and after the coroner’s inquest has taken place. Please visit our archive site to view reports published before June 2024. You can also view investigations started before July 2024 too.

Use the search box below to find out where a death or deaths have happened. View a list of all prisons in England and Wales.

Please note, this is PPO data on fatal incident investigations which may not align with official statistics published by the Ministry of Justice.

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1493 fatal incident reports

Wayne Bayley

Published:
Date of death:
17/05/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Julian Woollon

Published:
Date of death:
21/09/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

Malcolm Bennett

Published:
Date of death:
16/07/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

Eileen McDonagh

Published:
Date of death:
02/07/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Gavin Cox

Published:
Date of death:
14/10/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Susan Knowles

Published:
Date of death:
10/05/2019
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Kinnear

Published:
Date of death:
11/05/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Jake Swords

Published:
Date of death:
02/06/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Muxsin Awjama

Published:
Date of death:
05/10/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Fensom

Published:
Date of death:
14/03/2022
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison